Christianity offers the most accurate explanation for all broken relationships by calling sin a sin. How depraved our desires have become, and how far we have fallen from the beautiful image of God! This is the tragedy of the human condition: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). IfContinue reading “The Tragedy of the Human Condition”
Category Archives: Struggles
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When We Despise Our Lives
We readily accept God’s love for others but struggle with the belief that he loves us equally, radically, completely. Blessed am I, Lord, because You are faithful to correct me. I will not despise the discipline of the Almighty. I have despised my life at times. I have wanted people to leave me alone becauseContinue reading “When We Despise Our Lives”
Finding Peace When We’re Tempted to Panic
“When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.” Daniel 6:10 (ESV) Nothing can throw me intoContinue reading “Finding Peace When We’re Tempted to Panic”
Testing Times
James 1:2-4 How do people face life’s tests? God’s providence gives believers daily quizzes and periodic final examinations in Christian living. Some persons react to life’s tests with denial. They say: This is not happening to me. Others react with escape; they turn to marijuana, cocaine, or a promiscuous one-night stand. Still others respond toContinue reading “Testing Times”
A Prayer for Minneapolis
Almighty and merciful Father, Hallowed be your name in Minneapolis. Revered, admired, honored — above every name, in church, in politics, in sports, in music, in theater, in business, in media, in heaven or in hell. May your name, your absolute reality, be the greatest treasure of our lives. And may your eternal, divine Son,Continue reading “A Prayer for Minneapolis”
Some Far Left Politicians Seem to Hate People of Faith
On an episode of “First Liberty Live!” streamed online by the First Liberty Institute on Thursday, Cruz spoke about constitutional rights and states’ lockdown orders that were initially put in place to ensure hospitals were not overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients but have been extended by some state governors and mayors. Cruz said he believed “crisisContinue reading “Some Far Left Politicians Seem to Hate People of Faith”
A Parent’s Prayer for a Silent Night
I waited for the phone to ring. The blackness of the night began to smother me as I listened in hope for the front door to open and close. Nothing. Silence. I tossed in bed with anxiety filling my mind. Where is she? I wondered. Please, Lord, don’t let anything happen to my child. Again,Continue reading “A Parent’s Prayer for a Silent Night”
A Message About Failure
In the epic exodus of the Israelite slaves from Egypt, the weary wanderers came at last to the end of the desert journey, beyond what Moses had called that “waste howling wilderness.” Encamped on Canaan’s borders, with only the Jordan to cross, the Israelites had to decide whether they were ready to commit themselves toContinue reading “A Message About Failure”
When the Deal Goes Down
In just a few lines, Bob Dylan describes much of modern dread: every road a path of resistance, every work a Sisyphean exercise in futility, every pathway littered with burnt out lamps, every prayer a fleeting vapor, every tomorrow suddenly a forgotten yesterday, every death impersonal and frighteningly mysterious. These all speak to the deepContinue reading “When the Deal Goes Down”
